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Tokyo
(Adults Only) Shinjuku Lights & Darkness Free Tour in Tokyo
Join us to discover the vibrant contrasts of Shinjuku! Explore the dazzling neon lights and uncover the hidden depths of this iconic district. Experience our deep connection to this incredible city on an unforgettable tour.
Things to do (Adults Only) Shinjuku Lights & Darkness Free Tour in Tokyo
Description: • Explore how cultural and socio-political situations shape Japan, from its vibrant nightlife to its hidden corners. • Learn about Japan’s drinking and working culture and their impacts on Japan's dynamics. • Visit iconic spots like the Tokyo Metropolitan Government Building, Kabukicho, and Golden Gai. • Delve into the underworld of Kabukicho, discovering how the mafia influences Japan. • Engage in real experiences backed by thorough social, political, and cultural research. Note: 1. Duration: The tour takes approximately 2 hours, and depending on certain conditions (crowds, weather conditions), this may last up to 2.5 hours. 2. Age: Some of the tour spots may not be children/teenagers friendly. We do not accept participation by/with underaged guests in our Shinjuku tour. This is our internal policy for the Shinjuku tour, and the underaged is considered to be below 18. 3. No Show / Last Minute Cancellation or Booking Modification: We may not be able to accept a booking request from a person with such a booking history with us in the future.
Included
Tokyo Metropolitan Government Building
Tochomae Station
Kabukicho Theater
Shinjuku Golden Gai
Meeting point
Tochomae Station, 2 Chome-8 Nishishinjuku, Shinjuku City, Tokyo, Japan
Reviews (82)
2025-04-07 00:23:02
“Great tour ”
Very nice guide very knowledgeable and pleasant
Ran Michels (English)
2025-04-06 18:46:32
“Shinjuku Lights & Darkness”
Erik was a fantastic tour guide. Very informative and handled the more controversial topics with sensitivity and professionalism.
Peta Cockburn (English)
2025-04-05 18:32:11
“Shinjuku Lights & Darkness”
It was a funny tour with our guide Luto. He knows a lot of Shinjuku and shows us the nice parts as well as the darker parts.
Joanna M. (English)
2025-04-05 16:17:30
“Perfect tour ”
Éric is an amazing guide !
Highly recommended
Quesne Pascal (English)
2025-04-05 14:55:48
“The best”
Erik was professional, kind, interesting and very knowledgeable. Thank you very much Erik
Alon (English)
2025-04-05 13:29:15
“Great time and relevant information for tokyo”
Erik was an extraordinary host, he give us very relevant information, he asked all of our questions and he facilitated a very warm atmosphere!
Tudor Sponte (English)
2025-04-05 09:58:51
“Well informed ”
Ethan is a kind and grateful person. He answered all our questions and informed us about the daily life of the Japanese.
Christos Triantafyllos (English)
2025-04-04 21:55:46
“A very informative tour”
One of the best walking tours we’ve been on. Ethan is a very clear communicator. Highly recommended!
Anna (English)
2025-04-04 07:10:56
“Lovely interesting tour”
Loto was a great guide. Very infusiastic and made the tour a real fun for all of us.
Shaul (English)
2025-04-03 13:11:27
“Well worth finding the meeting spot”
We really enjoyed our walking tour with Erik tonight. Highly recommend this enlightening and amazing tour he was a wonderful guide.
Thank you Erik
Marianna OBrien (English)
2025-04-02 13:13:52
“Thanks Paula - great tour”
Paula war ein toll. Jede menge Informationen und eine wirklich interessante Tour über Land Leute und Nachtleben . Danke dir
Katharina Losand (German)
2025-03-27 13:32:11
“Amazing guide”
Made the trip interesting, must come!
Adi Rabinovitz (English)
2025-03-27 12:21:51
“things you just don't know”
when visiting Japan most of the time you have no idea or background information about different places. this tour really opened my eyes to the Japanese cultures and practices. a little confronting at times, but very well executed by the guides. highly recommended.
leanne (English)
2025-03-26 06:52:03
“Perfect”
Oliver did a great Job with combining the aspects of culture and also sightseeing. I learned a lot about the working culture, the psychological aspects of that, the Red light District and the speech
Annalena Düll (English)
2025-03-25 09:23:24
“Buena introducción a la sociedad japonesa”
Muy interesante el tour combinando lugares con la forma de vivir en Japón.
alfonso humanez diez (Spanish)
2025-03-24 10:24:54
“Great Tour ”
Tour was great. Lots of insights
Frank (English)
2025-03-21 14:29:55
“Best free tour ever”
Paola is nice, has tons of knowledge and the entire tour run fluently with great examples and funny stories
Very recommended
Efrat (English)
2025-03-17 20:28:26
“Beck is a great tour guide! ”
Full of knowledge about the dark side of Tokyo, recommendations and tips. Open minded and very careful. We had a super great time!
Noëlie Bonnard (English)
2025-03-15 13:59:39
“Best tour so far ”
I genuinely think this was the best tour I’ve ever had. Beck was honest, fun and informative.
I got to see the real Japan and I appreciate his effort a lot.
Justin Lucht (English)
2025-03-15 02:28:41
“El mejor tour en años”
He tomado mínimo 50 tours en mi vida y este ha sido el mejor. Con un guía panameño que transmite muy bien la información y sabe mucho hasta de los pequeños detalles de la ciudad y sociedad japonesa.
Diego Polanco (Spanish)
2025-03-14 14:43:51
“Great start in japan”
The Chilean guide was really enthusiastic and knowledgeable:)
fabiana quagliarini (English)
2025-03-13 19:59:50
“Good tour”
Enjoyed myself fully and Lotto out guide is very professional, patient and polite. Good recommend to my friends for sure!
Susan Q (English)
2025-03-13 13:40:41
“Very nice”
Lotto was very nice and it was an interesting tour!
Cosima Kettner (English)
2025-03-11 10:32:42
“Super cool”
I like all the tour!
Marie Coiffey (English)
2025-03-10 12:29:19
“Estupendo ”
Ethan ha sido magnífico! Recomendado 100%
JORGE Cuesta (Spanish)
2025-03-10 00:46:54
“Great night tour ”
Interesting tour, some culture, Tokyo lifestyle and lights. Thank you!
Belén Jiménez Ruiz (English)
2025-03-10 00:19:51
“Recommended!”
Absolutley recommended! Jose is a great person and explains all the back stories of Shinjuku and I was happy to have a him getting me through this area, to know about everything and not getting lost. Speaks super English, German and native Spanish and some other languages too. Jose hope next tour I can do with you in the Galapagos ????
Agi (English)
2025-03-09 13:24:37
“Beck tour”
We had a good Time during that tour. The atmosphère was good and Beck explains us really good @details »
Chantal Troisi (English)
2025-03-09 01:39:57
“Muy recomendable”
Hicimos el tour con Erik y nos encantó! No pudimos tener mejor guia y todo lo que nos contó nos pareció una maravilla.
Sara (Spanish)
2025-03-03 00:07:20
“Lights & darkness tour”
Brilliant tour, with a very informative guide!
Nadia Hart (English)
2025-03-02 15:03:35
“Highly recommended ”
We loved it! The guide is great!!
David Carnicer (English)
2025-03-02 15:00:54
“Tour super recomendable con super guias”
Erik e Ethan nos enseñaron cosas muy interesantes, resolvieron todas nuestras dudas y fueron muy amables y dinámicos. Merece mucho la pena ya que te enseñan lugares y curiosidades que de seguro que por tu cuenta te costaría mucho encontrar y pasarían inadvertidas. Muchas gracias por el gran rato y vuestro sentido del humor y simpatía, un abrazo y hasta otra !!
Sara (Spanish)
2025-03-02 13:20:47
“Recomendable! ”
La visita ha sido entretenida, por la cantidad de detalles que te cuentan de la sociedad japonesa. Detalles que normalmente no llegas a conocer como turista.
Elisabet de la Guardia (Spanish)
2025-03-01 13:40:55
“Awesome informative fun tour”
Thomas was amazing, talk extreme well and thoroughly enjoyed the tour. I would highly recommend going on this tour. All over a great experience
Sharyn Scott (English)
2025-02-27 13:24:43
“Truly captivating”
Oliver was a very interesting guide, he was able to explain its content well! I recommend 100%
Nathalie Gravel (English)
2025-02-23 00:54:35
“Shinjuku, eine schrille bunte Welt und versteckten Rotlichtmilie”
Ethan hat uns sehr informativ und lustig erzählt, wie die japanische Kultur ist. Die Tour war sehr kurzweilig, man ist überwältigt von den vielen Lichtern und Gebäuden, wir empfehlen sie gerne weiter, Ethan macht es toll❗
Heidi Regnet-Wild (German)
2025-02-17 12:42:52
“Adult Evening Tour ”
Lota was very knowledgeable and helpful and showed us a lot in a short amount of time.
Bilkis (English)
2025-02-11 11:28:27
“Excelente tour”
Es un paseo muy interesante y el guía Tomas tiene muchísima información y lo hace super dinámico. Muy recomendable
Flavio Asch (Spanish)
2025-02-11 01:07:28
“Best tour!”
My husband and I had this tour on our first night in Tokyo. We are very happy we did since the tour guide, Oliver, explain in detail the working and entertainment culture in Japan. Even days after the tour, my husband and I always go back to the information that was shared with us in the everyday life we have been seeing in Tokyo. Thank you for the wonderful tour and for the eye-opening experience, Oliver!
Ana Paula Villarreal (English)
2025-02-10 11:14:34
“Super interesting ???? recommend”
The tour was really fun, kudos to our tour guide Sandro???????? who taught us a lot of new things about the Japanese culture????
Ramona Lautenbach (English)
2025-01-30 11:59:07
“Shinjuku Tour”
We had the pleasure to meet Ethan and to discover shinjuku with him. We had a great time :).
Adam Berlijn (English)
2025-01-03 10:56:16
“Shinjuku nocturno ”
Ithan nos ha guiado de forma muy interesante y amena, y hemos podido reflexionar mucho sobre Japón con toda su complejidad, muchas gracias!!
Paula (Spanish)
2025-01-01 14:07:03
“Shinjuku Lights & Darkness Free Tour”
The tour was super interesting because the guide (Antonio) has very good knowledge and he really knows how to explain. In addition, we got to know some faces of Tokyo we might never would have.
We loved the tour and recommend it to everyone!
Isabella & Alberto (English)
2024-12-28 21:42:05
“Super interesting”
We made the tour with Omar a nice guy that provided us with interesting information about shinjuku.
Very much recommended
Ilaria Busilacchi (English)
2024-12-10 22:08:44
“Muy interesante”
El tour nos encantó. Nos dio otra visión de Tokyo y visitamos lugares que quizás no hubiéramos visto. Totalmente recomendable.
Ana Ruiz (Spanish)
2024-12-07 13:50:54
“very good tour ”
Very good tour. The Guide Paula was very friendly and helpful and told us many interesting facts.
Ming (English)
2024-12-03 13:41:40
“Knowledgeable and great english”
Great places visited and lots of cultural insight. English was very easy to understand and had a good answer for every question that was asked
Andrew Ryan (English)
2024-11-28 15:21:18
“Shinjuku Lights & Darkness”
Great guide and a wonderful tour.
David Radoff (English)
2024-11-28 02:58:51
“Understanding Japanese society”
The tour provided an understanding into interplay between hard & long hours of work and entertainment including red light District . Hadrian, our guide, was knowledgeable and soft spoken.
Roop Salotra (English)
2024-11-27 04:12:02
“Interesting tour!”
Nice guide, speaks very good english. Informative and fun tour!
Christin Nyman (English)
2024-11-21 13:16:08
“Deep into Shinjuko sub-cultural life”
Wonderful guidance with an excellent guide, very thorough in giving very surprising about Japanese sub culture and especially deep into shinjuko,lifting the mask of everyday mask from Japanese life,very interesting, we would recommend it warmly!!!
Gabriel Elbaz (English)
2024-11-15 06:50:34
“Shinjuku night tour”
Tour was alright but not great. Tour guide uses a very bad microphone which is not pleasant to listen to. She was also a few minutes late which meant we missed most of the light show in the beginning.
Sander Grosemans (English)
2024-11-12 07:22:48
“Paula was amazing”
I did the tour with Paula, she was very proffesional & informative.
She took the group to very interesting places in Shinjuku, and explained many things about the culture.
Highly recommended
Anat (English)
2024-11-08 12:44:47
“Freetour muy interesante”
Nuestro guia Izan nos ilustró de manera muy amena todos los sitios más y menos turbios del distrito rojo de Toquio. Muy muy interesante y recomendable!
MONTSERRAT PALLARES CARNER (Spanish)
2024-11-08 08:36:36
“Incredibly insightfull! ”
Beck is an amazing guide. The content was so interesting, and it taught me so much about the hidden secrets of Japanese culture. I would highly recommend it to anyone!
Tabea Eicher (English)
2024-11-06 15:40:26
“Amazing!!”
It was a very interesting tour. Beck was a great guide. I totally recommend this tour.
Clarisa Romero (English)
2024-11-06 12:27:28
“Review - Tour Shinjuku: Light & Darkness”
The tour was very interesting. Paula was a great Guide and answered all questions we had. She gave us interesting and some shocking informations about different topics concerning various districts of shinjuku. All in all, it was a very interesting and informative tour. Many thanks to Paula!
Elena Parrillas (English)
2024-11-05 10:43:18
“Reseña”
Super interesante y muy bien explicado todo
Alvaro De La Torre (Spanish)
2024-10-30 15:38:19
“Deep Insights in Japanese Culture - with a great guide”
The tour with Beck exceeded our expectations.
He managed the group flawlessly. The route, his communication skills and way of presenting was perfect.
10/10 - recommend
Alex (English)
2024-10-30 12:48:18
“Súper interesante”
Gracias a Ethan por su excelente explicación y tour por Shinjuku. Ahora conocemos más sobre la cultura y sociedad japonesa!
Ezequiel (Spanish)
2024-10-28 14:03:59
“Best tour”
The tour guide (Beck) did a great job in explaining and showing the city at night. Wonderful light show and observation point included.
Leon B (English)
2024-10-22 13:51:56
“Shinjuku Lights and Darkness Free Tour”
The tour was outstanding. I gained a much better understanding of Japanese culture.
Mark Nickel (English)
2024-10-22 01:28:58
“thanks ”
Thanks a lot for the tour, it was very interesting especially the dark sides. Best regards Daniela and Christian
Daniela Otte (English)
2024-10-21 08:47:31
“Interesting storyline ”
Very interesting tour. Olives did a great job in building and telling the story of the area with a lot of information about the culture. Highly recommended tour.
Haim Albalak (English)
2024-10-20 01:51:02
“Shinjuku Lights”
A fantastic tour, very informative
Lorna (English)
2024-10-17 11:34:46
“Luces”
Todo muy bien
Rosana García de Miguel (Spanish)
2024-10-16 13:19:51
“Great Tour”
Beck provided us with a lot of interesting insights and facts and answered all our questions.
We really enjoyed this tour - thank you Beck!
Britt (English)
2024-10-15 11:31:46
“Tour interesante para conocer parte de la cultura ”
Nos gustó el tour porque nos sirvió para aprender parte de la cultura japonesa.
Jon Pérez (Spanish)
2024-10-14 13:47:45
“A good introduction to Shinjinku”
We found the tour interesting. Unfortunately it was raining but our guide still battled the elements to provide us with an informative evening.
Donna (English)
2024-10-07 01:49:10
“Great Tour!”
We did this tour after already been one week in Tokyo and we saw a lot of new spots and also got a bunch of new interesting information about Japanese culture. Beck is a charming and caring tour guide, and provides a great insight into Tokyo nightlife. Thanks for the great tour, highly recommend for every Tokyo tourist.
Stanislaw Weselow (English)
2024-10-02 13:00:58
“Shinjuku. Lights and Darkness Tour”
A great tour and tour guide. Highly recommended!
Vicki Woodrow (English)
2024-10-01 14:40:42
“Beck is an awesome guide”
He did share some good information about the visited points. Loved the tour ????????
Edson Rios (English)
2024-09-29 14:27:15
“Fantástico ”
Ha sido un tour muy interesante.
El guía extraordinario, muy profesional y conocedor de la vida y costumbres de los japoneses.
Un tour recomendable 100%
MANOLITA FÉLEZ (Spanish)
2024-09-26 12:46:50
“Unknown Japan”
This is the most interesting tour I’ve ever done! I know and understand so much more now about Japanese culture . Super thankful to the amazing guide!!!
Roser (English)
2024-09-26 07:08:51
“Great tour”
Very interesting tour. Uncovers some cool and interesting Japanese history, as well as Tokyo specific lifestyle.
Maria F (English)
2024-09-23 15:27:31
“Tour imperdible”
Uno de los mejores tours que he hecho nunca. Jas nos ha enseñado la otra cara de Tokio y ha sido maravilloso. Sabe muchísimo y se nota que le fascina su trabajo, además se me pasó el tiempo volando a pesar de que se extendió en el tiempo. Muy interesante!
Esther Pardo (Spanish)
2024-09-17 12:02:01
“the lesser-know side of Tokyo”
Great and interesting tour about lesser-known aspects of Tokyo life
Tzvi Goldberg (English)
2024-09-14 07:42:23
“Freetour”
Hicimos el freetour 3 amigos, y la verdad es que nos encantó. El chico con el que fuimos era muy simpático y explicaba todo muy bien, además nos dio varias recomendaciones y nos llevó a rincones muy bonitos. Hizo que entendiéramos algunas cosas de la cultura japonesa. Sin duda este tour es totalmente recomendable.
Alejandro AS (Spanish)
2024-09-08 12:17:38
“Incredible ”
I would repeat it
Azara Diana Warlies Gutiérrez (English)
2024-09-05 02:42:23
“Amazing”
Everyone should try this tour. The main topic is japanese culture, furthermore Oliver is working in a documentary so he knows so much about the people here in Tokyo.
Carlos Benitez (English)
2024-08-24 13:48:16
“interesante visión ”
Oliver fue un guía fantástico, que nos sumergió en la cultura de la sociedad japonesas, descubriendo aspectos que de otra forma no hubiese sido posible conocer. Altamente recomendable para ir un poco más allá de los típicos tours.
¡muchas gracias por compartir tus descubrimientos!
Sofi (Spanish)
2024-08-21 11:04:58
“Mr”
Injoyable
Huseyin Ibrahim (English)